For Immediate Release:
January 13, 2014
Winnipeg, MB - Time flies, when you're out making music! It's hard to believe that it's been almost a year since singer/songwriter (and former Wailin' Jenny) Cara Luft last toured across Canada. After a Western Canadian tour and several showcase performances at the International Folk Alliance in Toronto last February, Luft spent the majority of 2013 touring throughout the UK and Europe in support of her latest album 'Darlingford', with the odd touch-down back in North American to teach and perform at various summer festivals and music camps. Now 2014 finds her back in Canada, and on January 25th, Cara Luft will kick-off a Western Canadian Tour with a much-anticipated hometown show at The West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg. Full tour dates are listed below.
On top of touring overseas last year, Cara Luft was chosen to represent Canada in a new musical collaboration project between Canada and the UK, alongside British artist Bella Hardy, a project spearheaded by Folk Music Canada and the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Luft has spent time writing and recording songs with several different collaborators. "I've been doing some co-writing since 'Darlingford', particularly with Edmonton-area songwriter Karla Anderson, UK artist Bella Hardy, and my UK sideman Scott Poley", says Luft. "A lot of the new material and song ideas are around the theme of home. I've been without a home since Christmas 2012 and it's something I long for. It's interesting to see how that desire has crept into my ideas for songs."
Though Cara Luft is working on songs for a new album, this upcoming tour is in support of her latest album 'Darlingford'. Released in June 2012 through Blue Case Tunes/Fontana North, the album received much critical acclaim and was one of the most played Canadian folk albums on the International Folk DJ list for 2013. Several of Cara's songs on 'Darlingford' made it as semi-finalists in both the International Songwriting Competition and the Unsigned Only Competition. The Globe & Mail stated “it can’t be done, so don’t even try to turn away from the affecting insistence of Luft,” while Beatroute Magazine called the disc “the strongest and most interesting release that Luft has put out yet, either as a member of the Wailin’ Jenny’s or as a solo performer.” No Depression raved about the album, saying “Cara knocks our socks off with her best recorded work to date,” calling her “a formidable songwriter and performer, setting the bar for the talented few who’ll follow in her footsteps.” Cover Lay Down declared the disc “a tour de force of contemporary folk.” The American blog Adobe and Teardrops wrote, “'Darlingford' really is that excellent,” with only one complaint: that Cara was Canadian and not American, stating “we can’t claim her as a national treasure.”
Luft is clearly at home on the stage, and invites audiences into her world with a rare and endlessly appealing confidence and humility. Reviewers of Cara’s live shows talk about her superb musicianship, her humourous anecdotes, her ability to switch between styles, her accomplished songwriting, and the charm of her stage presence. That charm and confidence won her a 2013 Galaxie Rising Star Award, as well as a recording grant at one of Canada's newest analog recording studios. Cara’s the real deal, there’s nothing pretentious about her, so don't miss out on your chance to catch Cara Luft live on tour across Western Canada. Full dates listed below. More dates and a tour of Eastern Canada will be announced this spring! For more info, please visit: www.caraluft.com
CARA LUFT WESTERN CANADIAN TOUR DATES
Jan 25 - Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre
Jan 30 - Canmore, AB - Communitea Cafe
Jan 31 - Calgary, AB - Calgary Folk Club
Feb 1 - Red Deer, AB - Fratters
Feb 2 - Fort Macleod, AB - Allied Arts Association
Feb 3 - Coleman, AB - Blackbird Restaurant
Feb 5 - Fernie, BC - Clawhammer Letterpress
Feb 6 - Creston, BC - The Snoring Sasquatch
Feb 7 - Penticton, BC - Wild Scallion
Feb 8 - Bowen Island, BC - Tir-na-nOg Theatre
Feb 9 - Vancouver, BC - Rogue Folk Club
Feb 11 - Vancouver, BC - Bluebird North Concert Series @ the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
Feb 12 - Port Alberni, BC - Char’s Landing
Feb 13 - Duncan, BC - Duncan Showroom Productions @ the Orca Ballroom Travelodge Silverbridge Inn
Feb 14 - Nanaimo, BC - The Simon Holt
Feb 15 - Victoria, BC - The Church Of Our Lord
Feb 18 - Kelowna, BC - École George Pringle Elementary Performing Arts Theatre
Feb 20 - Sherwood Park, AB - The Women of Folkways @ Festival Place
Feb 21 - Sherwood Park, AB - Winter Roots Roundup V @ Festival Place
For more information, please visit: www.caraluft.com
